A History of African American Poetry

ISBN-13: 9781107035478 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 278 str.

Lauri Ramey

Opis

This is the only critical history of African American poetry from its origins to the present. African American poetry is as old as America and a touchstone of American identity, but is often overlooked. This is the only book providing an overview of this genre from spirituals to hip-hop.

Recenzje

'… successfully expands our understanding of African American poetry, the traditions in which is rooted, and the possibilities it continues to possess.' McKinley E. Melton, ALH Online Review

Spis treści

1. Introduction to a genre; 2. The origins of African American poetry; 3. Emancipation to modernism; 4. The twentieth-century Renaissances; 5. Contemporary African American poetry.